Janja Garnbret tops women's lead qualifiers at European sport climbing championships 2022 in Munich
Manuel Cornu and Nicolai Uznik were the highest-ranked climbers to qualify for Saturday's semi-finals in the men's boulder competition.
Sport Climbing
Olympic champion Janja Garnbret heads the top 26 women into the semi-finals of the lead competition at the 2022 European sport climbing championships in Munich, Germany.
In front of a noisy crowd in the central venue of Konigsplatz on Thursday (11 August), the Slovenian climber made an impressive start to her bid for a first European medal since 2017.
Meanwhile Olympian Mickael Mawem and bronze medallist Jakob Schubert made it safely through the men's boulder competition qualifying.
The women's lead and men's boulder competitions will continue on Saturday 13 August, when the semi-finals and final take place.
Women's lead qualifying
Tokyo 2020 gold medallist Garnbret topped route A (57) and also led the scores on route B (43.1) to claim 1.41 points.
The 23-year-old was followed by fellow Slovenian Mia Krampl (2.00) in second place with Jessica Pilz of Austria in third (4.47).
Full results are here.
Men's boulder qualifying
France's Manuel Cornu and Austria's Nicolai Uznik have topped their respective groups in the men's boulder qualification
Cornu managed four tops and four zones, finishing in front of Mickael Mawem of France, who had four tops and four zones too but needed two more attempts. Olympic bronze medallist Jakob Schubert of Austria was the third highest-ranked in group B with three tops and five zones.
"I felt very well this morning. I just came back from and I wasn't sure if I could make it for the Euros, so I'm very happy" Cornu said.
"The venue is really nice and it's not common to have so many people for a qualification."
In group A Uznik finished with three tops and five zones. Slovenia's Jernej Kruder was second with Germany's Christoph Schweiger in third.
The top 10 climbers of each group advanced to the semi-finals. Full results are here.
READ: European Championships Munich 2022 Sport Climbing: Schedule, athletes, how to watch
European Sport Climbing Championships Munich 2022: Schedule: (8 medal events)
Times are local to Munich, Germany, which is Central European Summer Time / CEST (UTC+2:00)
Thursday 11 August
12:00 Women’s Lead qualification
13:00 Men’s Boulder qualification
Friday 12 August
12:00 Men’s Lead qualification
13:00 Women’s Boulder qualification
Saturday 13 August
09:00 Women’s Lead semi-final
12:00 Men’s Boulder semi-final
16:00 Women’s Lead final
17:30 Men’s Boulder final
Sunday 14 August
09:00 Women’s Boulder semi-final
12:00 Men’s Lead semi-final
16:00 Women’s Boulder final
18:45 Men’s Lead final
Monday, 15 August
14:00 Women’s Speed qualification
14:30 Men’s Speed qualification
15:30 Women's Speed final
15:45 Men's Speed final
Wednesday, 17 August
15:00 Women's Boulder & Lead final, Boulder round
17:00 Women's Boulder & Lead final, Lead round
Thursday, 18 August
15:00 Men's Boulder & Lead final, Boulder round
17:00 Men's Boulder & Lead final, Lead round
Schedule subject to change. Full European Championships Munich 2022 sport climbing schedule here.
How to watch the European Championships Munich 2022
For a detailed full schedule of the event, check out the official website here. Please note the schedule is subject to change.
The event will be available for television broadcast and livestream coverage in various regions. Further streaming details can be found on the Munich 2022 app.
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